Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Template:Infobox Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (known as Mario & Luigi RPG in Japan), is a Role Playing Game developed by AlphaDream and released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. It is the first game in the Mario & Luigi series. The game takes place in the Beanbean Kingdom, where the Mario Bros. and the game's protagonist Mario and Luigi are chasing down the villains Cackletta and Fawful to retrieve Princess Peach's voice.

A remake of the Mario Bros. arcade game was also included with Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. This is identical to the version found in the Super Mario Advance series of games.

Story

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Cackletta stealing Princess Peach's voice.

The Goodwill Ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom and her assistant arrive at the Mushroom Kingdom to bring a gift from Queen Bean for Princess Peach. However, it turns out to be an act of deceit. The ambassador and her assistant are actually evil villains named Cackletta and Fawful, who have brought along smoke. Fawful uses his Headgear to suck up the smoke, which engulfs Princess Peach's voice. They escape with the stolen voice into the dark sky.

Toad trying to alert Luigi of the danger in front of the Mario Bros. residence.

Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi are at their house. Luigi is hanging up clothes when Toad walks by asking where Mario is. Luigi is too busy to help, so Toad rushes inside his house and hears Mario singing in the bathroom. After the Toad runs into a wall after seeing Mario in the shower, Mario hears him groaning about the Princess, who is in trouble again. Mario quickly runs outside to put his clothes on, and the Bros. rush to the castle.

Mario battling Bowser.

Bowser, who arrived at the castle before the Mario Bros., becomes enraged and fights Mario. After being defeated, a Toad then tells them that Peach's voice is replaced with an explosive vocabulary. Bowser, scared the princess might wreck his castle if kidnapped, agrees to help Mario retrieve Peach's voice.

The Bros. and Bowser meet Cackletta.

Mario and Bowser get ready to leave in the Koopa Cruiser along with Bowser's underlings. As they are about to leave, Luigi comes to say his final goodbye. Bowser mistakenly thinks Luigi wants to join he and his underlings, so he takes him along. The Koopa Cruiser flies off to the Beanbean Kingdom, where Cackletta and Fawful are.

That night, while Bowser and the Mario Bros. are on deck, Luigi spots Cackletta and Fawful coming their way. Cackletta sends Fawful in to fight them, but loses. Fawful then uses his headgear to inviolate the cruiser. Everyone on the Koopa Cruiser plummet down to Stardust Fields.

Mario and Luigi battling Tolstar.

Mario and Luigi crash land in the Beanbean Borderlands. They soon meet the Border Bros., whom will let them pass only if they play The Border Jump game. The bros. succeed, and they are given a Map of the Beanbean Kingdom to help them on their adventure. They soon find Bowser stuck in a cannon, and a creature named Tolstar begins to mock him. Tolstar tells the Bros. to get 100 Beanbean Coins, and they eventually retrieve enough to satisfy Tolstar's bribe. Instead of helping out, however, Tolstar decides to attack the brothers. He is soon defeated. Straight after, one of the Starshade Bros. arrives and lights the fuse of the cannon Bowser is stuck in, causing him to shoot across the kingdom.

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Mario and Luigi battling Dragohoho.

The brothers soon make it to Hoohoo Village, where some Beanish soldiers mistake them for foes. After being permitted entry to the town, they soon leave to find Fawful tormenting a soldier. He mocks the brothers by placing a rock statue in front of them, blocking their path to Beanbean Castle. They decide to visit the Hammerhead Bros. back at the village to make Hammers for them. However, the Hammerhead Bros. cannot make hammers because the material they have is too brittle. They need a Hoohoo Stone, so the brothers climb up the Hoohoo Mountain to retrieve one from the summit.

Midway, they confront a statue named Hoohooros whom challenges the Bros. to a battle. They overcome Hoohooros and they continue up the mountain. When the Bros. finally reach the summit, they find a Hoohoo Stone, but it falls off the mountain. This awakens Blablanadon, who is mad at what they did. After the Bros. explain the incident, Blablanadon apologizes and explains that he has been sitting on a strange egg for some time. Suddenly, the egg hatches, revealing Dragohoho. The creature knocks Blablanadon away and fights the brothers. They defeat the monster, which transforms into Prince Peasley, the prince of the kingdom, who thanks the Bros. for freeing him. Blablanadon flies the plumbers back to Hoohoo Village, where they meet the Hammerhead Bros. again. With the Hoohoo Stone that fell into the Hammerhead Brothers' cabin the Hammerhead Bros. are able to make them the hammers they require.

Using their hammers, they demolish Fawful's statue and travel down Hoohoo Mountain towards Beanbean Castle Town. Along the way, they find a cave. Inside is an old man and his beanish dog, who asks them to ride the Mysterious Mine Carts. Afterwards, the Mario Bros. reach Beanbean Castle Town, but they find the town in ruins because of an attack from Cackletta and Fawful. The brothers quickly go to Beanbean Castle, where they meet up with Lady Lima, the kingdom's ambassador. They tell her what's going on, but she does not believe their story. She sends them down to the castle sewer to fix a leaking pipe problem. Once it has been fixed, the brothers meet up with the real Lady Lima and some servants. The Bros. learn that they had fallen for one of Cackletta's schemes. The witch had been pretending to be Lady Lima the whole time, and fixing the castle's plumbing disabled the security system which protects the Beanstar. The brothers catch up with her, but it is too late. Cackletta takes the Beanstar away and sends Queen Bean to attack them. The queen has become a muscular monster as a result of eating a Belly Blech Worm. Mario and Luigi are then sent to get the antidote for the queen: the Chuckola Reserve.

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The Mario Bros. in Chucklehuck Woods.

Later, the Mario Bros. make it to Chateau de Chucklehuck to find the reserve. They end up in a fight with Popple, the shadow thief, and his partner, Rookie, who are both defeated. The brothers soon meet Cork and Cask, the owners of the brewery. Mario and Luigi later retrieve three Chuckola Fruit to give to Chuckleroot. When they reach Mother Chuckola, they find the creator of Chuckola Cola, Bubbles, who is busy telling jokes to the Chuckola Reserve. The soda then transforms into the Chuckolator. After a battle, it reverts into normal soda. Bubbles is not happy about it, creating a tremor that sends the brothers and the soda underground. Mario lands in the soda. Luigi, doing a barrel run on Mario, heads to the Beanbean Castle.

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Mario and Luigi in the Woohoo Hooniversity.

Back at the castle, Luigi jumps on Mario to squirt out the Chuckola Reserve into Queen Bean. She spits out the Belly Blech Worm, returning to normal. Peasley then arrives to report to the queen. Cackletta is hiding out in the Woohoo Hooniversity, so the Mario Brothers are sent there to investigate. At the Hooniversity, they must unlock the Sun Door to reach Cackletta and Fawful. They are about to awaken the Beanstar using Peach-bots that are installed with Peach's voice. When Cackletta activates them, they make a strange noise that drives the Beanstar crazy. It causes a tremor, sending the robots and itself falling to the floor below. The Mario Bros. then appear, and Luigi bashes Fawful into the ground with his hammer, leaving Cackletta to fight them alone.

After the battle, Fawful gets back up, and uses his headgear to suck up her essence, dissolving her body. He is about to battle the brothers, but Peasley arrives and throws him out of the building. The prince departs, leaving the brothers to go down to the basement to retrieve the Beanstar. There, they find Popple and Rookie with the Beanstar, and they fight for it. A Peach-bot later falls down and makes the noise again, irritating the Beanstar. Mario, Luigi, Popple, and Rookie grab a hold of it as it flies out of the university. They soon let go and fall, as does the Beanstar itself when it breaks into four pieces. Rookie suddenly remembers that he is really Bowser.

Mario and Luigi in Oho Oasis.

Mario and Luigi land at Oho Oasis. They learn the Firebrand and Thunderhand moves in the Fire and Thunder temples. Meanwhile, Fawful finds the injured Bowser lying on the ground and implants Cackletta's soul inside him. The Mario Bros. soon meet Peasley again, saying that Princess Peach is arriving at the Beanbean International Airport. They arrive and find that Piranha Plants are infesting the runway. They take care of this problem, and the Toad Express lands safely.

Back at the castle, the Mario Brothers find out that Peach's voice had never been stolen. It was really Birdo disguised as the princess at the time who lost her voice. Peach knew about this all along, as Peasley came and told her about Cackletta's plan beforehand. Later, Peach decides to visit Little Fungitown, with the Mario Bros. escorting her.

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Mario and Luigi in Little Fungitown.

They arrive at the only known route to Little Fungitown, Teehee Valley. Before reaching the town, they are confronted by the rock creature, Trunkle, whom they overcome. At Little Fungitown, the Bros. decide to go to the arcade, where Mario plays one of the games and wins an Invincishroom. He eats it, but ends up in the hospital, where he has contracted Bean Fever. The only cure for this disease is Crabbie Grass from Guffawha Ruins. Luigi accepts to travel to the area to find the grass, but loses his nerve when he finds out about a bone-crushing monster living there. To try and calm himself, he goes to Psycho Kamek, who hypnotizes him into thinking that he is Mario.

Luigi goes to Guffawa Ruins. Soon after confronting the "monster," who is actually just a stone head wishing people would stop making rumors about him, Luigi finds some Crabbie Grass. He goes back to the Little Fungitown hospital, but is struck by lightning. He then spots Peach in the Koopa Clown Car. The fiend in the vehicle is Cackletta, who has possessed Bowser's body to become Bowletta. She makes off with Peach, and Luigi rushes into the hospital to revive Mario. Luigi tells Mario about what had just happened, and both of them quickly return to Beanbean Castle.

Back at the castle, Lady Lima comes with a message from Bowletta, who is requesting that they retrieve the four pieces of the broken Beanstar to her in exchange for the princess. The Mario Bros. and Prince Peasley agree to do this task.

Mario & Luigi in the Yoshi Theater.

Mario and Luigi go out to get the first Beanstar piece, which is in the S.S. Chuckola back at Teehee Valley. After the ship is sent into the Oho Ocean, the Mario Brothers follow the floating Beanstar to Gwarhar Lagoon. Here, they receive new abilities for their hand powers from the Jellyfish Sisters. They later discover that the Beanstar piece is being used as an ornament for Hermie III. The brothers soon receive the piece after a battle with Hermie.

The next piece is from the fashion stylist Harhall, who gives Mario and Luigi the piece after they color fabric with Designbombs. Another piece comes from Boddle after they get Neon Eggs for his Yoshi Theater sign. The last piece is back at Chucklehuck Woods, where they have to play a game in the Winkle Colosseum and surpass the Winkles. They soon find Popple, whom they defeat to retrieve the last piece of the Beanstar.

They return to the castle with the star, where Lima has brought another message from Bowletta. She now wants them to bring the Beanstar to her at Joke's End. Prince Peasley gives them a Fake Beanstar to try and fool the villains. They then surf to Joke's End.

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Mario and Luigi at Joke's End.

There, they meet a fairy-like girl named Jojora. Eventually, the brothers reach Jojora's room at the top floor, where she is having a tea party. She requests that the brothers invite one of her friends over, who is a female snow woman that attacks Mario and Luigi. They defeat her, and Jojora flees from the scene. Soon after, Mario and Luigi find Fawful, who is waiting for them to hand over the Beanstar. Luigi approaches him, and gives him the fake one. But Fawful is not fooled. He blasts Luigi and takes the real Beanstar. Mario comes up with a plan involving the extra dress Toadsworth gave to them before they went to Joke's End. Bowletta, who has the real Peach, soon spots Mario with another Peach. The other Peach says that the one the villains have is fake. Angered, Bowletta tosses what they believe to be the "fake" Peach overboard and takes the "real" one back to the repaired Koopa Crusier.

Back at the Cruiser, Bowletta and Fawful are celebrating their success, until Bowletta finds out that the princess is really Luigi in disguise. Fawful chases him, followed by Bowletta, until he manages to escape the cruiser with the Beanstar. Upset, Bowletta decides that she and Fawful will go to the Mushroom Kingdom for something.

Back at Teehee Valley, Luigi crash-lands into a sand pit and sinks in. Mario manages to find him underground, but the two end up fighting Popple again. Popple is defeated, along with his new partner, Birdo. Afterwards, they head back to the Castle Town.

Unfortunately, the brothers find that the town is under fire again. It appears that Bowletta is using Bowser's Castle to attack the town. At the castle, Lima suggests that they should try and find something to help them fly to reach the castle. The brothers head back to Hoohoo Village to ask for Blablanadon's help. He accepts, and takes them up to Bowser's Castle.

The plane, with Bowser in tow, flying over the Koopa King's land-based castle.

At the castle, Mario and Luigi meet the Koopalings, along with Fawful, who possesses some new gadgets. After fighting the foes, the Bros. make their way to Bowletta, who reveals her plan to take over the Mushroom Kingdom after she is done gaining control of the Beanbean Kingdom. The brothers fight her and supposedly win, until a countdown Bob-omb comes and takes out almost all the entire HP the brothers have. Bowletta had been only faking her defeat, and she eats them alive. In her body, the Mario Bros. fight Cackletta again, although this time in her spirit form. Mario and Luigi soon manage to defeat Cackletta once and for all. She spits them out of Bowser's body, silently groans, and vanishes, never to be seen again. Bowser also returns to normal, unconscious on the floor. Peasley then comes to address the brothers, saying that he has planted a detonator in the castle, and it will explode shortly. The brothers escape the castle via Blablanadon in time, but Bowser crashes into Oho Ocean, only to be rescued by Prince Peasley.

Later on, Peasley drops by with a huge present for the brothers. The heroes return to the Mushroom Kingdom via Peach's airplane. They fly over the ocean as the sun sets and reach the Mushroom Kingdom at night. Peasley's present turns out to be Bowser, who is dropped off at his other castle. The plane lands at Peach's castle, and fireworks erupt. It is then shown that a movie of the adventure is being shown in the Yoshi Theater, where the screen zooms out to show the Yoshis sitting in the theater and applauding.

Main characters

• Mario - The well-known hero.
• Luigi - The not-as-famous brother of Mario.
• Cackletta/Bowletta - The main villain.
• Fawful - Cackletta's minion.
• Princess Peach - The damsel-in-distress.
• Popple - Secondary villain and thief.
• Bowser/Rookie - Secondary villain who works for Popple.
• Prince Peasley - Secondary hero.
• Queen Bean - The Queen of the Beanbean Kingdom.

Locations

Though much of the action of this game takes place in the Beanbean Kingdom, Mario and Luigi can still venture towards several areas in the Mushroom Kingdom. All Beanbean Kingdom locations' names except for Yoshi Theater and Little Fungitown have different names pertaining to laughter. The following is a list of various areas the brothers journey to throughout the course of the game: Template:Beanmap

• Mushroom Kingdom
• Koopa Cruiser
• Stardust Fields
• Hoohoo Village
• Hoohoo Mountain
• Beanbean Castle Town
• Beanbean Castle
• Chucklehuck Woods
• Woohoo Hooniversity
• Beanbean Airport
• Teehee Valley
• Little Fungitown
• Guffawha Ruins
• Oho Oasis
• Oho Ocean
• Oho Ocean Seabed
• Gwarhar Lagoon
• Yoshi Theater
• Joke's End
• Bowser's Castle

The game also has several secret caves which can only be visited by either Mario or Luigi acting separately from one another. These areas start as 2-dimensional, side-scrolling levels in the traditional platforming style. A rare item can be obtained from a Monty Mole if the caves are completed.

Battle system

To start a battle, Mario or Luigi must touch an enemy. They can also perform a First Strike by jumping on the enemy in the over-world. This will damage the enemy before the battle starts. Since the game is a turn-based RPG, Mario, Luigi, and enemies take turns attacking each other. The player can use good timed attacks to deal more damage. If Mario and Luigi take damage from enemies in the overworld or their backs are touched, they are unable to move until their turn.

Stats

Each brother has their own Heart Points, Bros. Points, POW, DEF, SPEED, and STACHE points. When they finish a battle, they each gain Experience Points. With enough Experience Points, they can level-up and increase each respective statistic.

• HP (abbreviation of Heart Points) is the amount of life Mario and Luigi has. When an enemy hits either of them, they lose HP. When their HP reaches zero, they pass out, but can be revived with a 1-Up Mushroom or 1-Up Super.
• BP (abbreviation of Bros. Points) indicates how many times Mario and Luigi can use a Bros. Attack. Each attack uses a certain amount of BP, draining the total. BP can be restored by using a Syrup, Golden Mushroom or a 1-Up Super.
• POW (abbreviation of Power) is how strong either Mario or Luigi is. The higher their POW stats are, the more damage they will perform.
• DEF (abbreviation of Defense) is how much damage either Mario or Luigi can block from an enemy hit. The higher their DEF stats are, the less damage they will take.
• SPEED is how fast Mario or Luigi are. If an enemy has a greater speed they will attack first. If Mario and/or Luigi has a higher speed they will attack first.
• STACHE is the most unique of Mario and Luigi's stats. The higher their STACHE stats are, the greater there is a chance of a Lucky, which doubles POW, and it also lowers the prices of items bought at shops and increases the worth of items sold (caps at 50%).

Moves

During battle, Mario and Luigi have four options when it is their turn: Use a Solo Move, use a Bros. Attack, use an item, or run.

Solo Moves

During a Solo Move, Mario or Luigi use one of their basic attacks solo. Both bros. have solo move techniques that they can use in any battle in the game. Note that all of these techniques listed below must be learned by progressing through the game except for Mario and Luigi's Jump.

Solo Techniques

Mario's Solo Techniques

• Jump - Mario jumps to squash enemies.
• Hammer - Mario can use his hammer to hit enemies.
• Hand - Mario can use his Firebrand ability to burn enemies.

Luigi's Solo Techniques

• Jump - Luigi can jump to crush enemies.
• Hammer - Luigi can use his hammer to hit enemies.
• Hand - Luigi can use his Thunderhand ability to electrocute enemies.

Bros. Attacks

Bros. Attacks are attacks that Mario and Luigi can use in battle by working together to deliver more damage. They all use a different combination of buttons to hit.

There are three different modes present for reach Bros. Attack. Mode 1 consists of slow motion and visual button commands appearing when the command needs to be pressed, acting as a guideline for players. Mode 2 removes the slow motion but retains the visual button commands. Mode 3 removes both the slow motion and visual button commands, and in turn, fewer Bros. Points are used for the Bros. Attack and depending on the move it will deal more damage.

Mario and Luigi using the Bros. Attack, Splash Bros.

Mario's Bros. Attacks

• Splash Bros.
• Chopper Bros.
• Fire Bros.
• Swing Bros. (secret)

Luigi's Bros. Attacks

• Bounce Bros.
• Knockback Bros.
• Thunder Bros.
• Cyclone Bros. (secret)

Items

When choosing the item icon, Mario or Luigi can use an item to recover HP or BP. Other items, such as Refreshing Herbs, can heal status effects, and red or green peppers will raise POW and gain weight or raise DEF and lose weight respectively. When one of the bros. passes out, the other bros. can use a 1-Up Mushroom or 1-Up Super the revive them. However, once an item is used, the bro's. turn is over.

Run

Mario and Luigi can both run from battle when they choose the run icon. When getting away, the player must hit either the A or B button to make a bro. run. However, if they don't do this quickly, one of the bros. will drop a large amount of coins. When both bros. have left the screen, the player will end up back in the overworld and continue their adventure. This feature works better if one of the brothers has passed out. Instead of running, the remaining brother picks him up and carries him away, halving the number of coins lost.

Avoiding attacks

Superstar Saga allows the player to completely avoid enemy attacks. Mario and Luigi can either use their Hammer or Jump moves to avoid attacks. With their Jump move, Mario or Luigi can simply jump over the attacking enemy. When using the Hammer to avoid attacks, the player must hold Mario or Luigi's respective button (Mario is A, Luigi is B) and release just as the enemy or their weapon hits.

Mario and Luigi can also use these moves to counterattack. When they jump over an enemy, they may land on them, causing damage. Mario or Luigi can also hit enemies with their Hammer during their turn.

Out-of-Battle Techniques

Mario and Luigi can also use some techniques out of battle. Once again, all of the following techniques must be learned by progressing in the game, except for jumping.

Techniques when in the front

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	Mario and Luigi can both jump to reach high places and hitting blocks.
	Mario and Luigi can both whack with their hammers.
	Mario can burn using his Firebrand ability.
	Luigi can electrocute using his Thunderhand ability.

Techniques when in the back

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	Mario and Luigi can both jump to reach high places and hitting blocks.
	Mario can do a "Spin Jump," by jumping on top of Luigi and spinning through the air. This is necessary for crossing large gaps.
	Luigi can do a "High Jump," by jumping on top of Mario and bouncing up high. This is necessary for reach very high places.
	With Luigi Dunk, Mario can hit Luigi with his hammer, knocking him into the ground. Luigi can move under fences using this technique; and if he comes up under suspicious spots of ground, he may get a Chuckle Bean.
	Luigi can hit Mario with his hammer, squishing him into Mini Mario. Using this technique, Mario can move into small openings.
	Mario can set Luigi on fire. Luigi will panic, and start running fast. This technique can use this to knock heavy objects, such as Ankoopas blocking paths.
	Luigi can electrocute Mario. Mario and Luigi will be joined together, and they can walk side-to-side. This can be used to move the mysterious Boo statues, which disappear when anyone looks directly at them.

Enemies

The following is an alphabetical list of all 55 non-boss enemies found in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The name of each enemy, their stats, and locations found in the game are provided. Please go to the respective page of each enemy for further information.

Please note that some of these enemies are variations of a single enemy or were fought in a grouped-battle. For convenience, these variations are listed as separate enemies.

Normal enemies

Image	Name	HP	EXP	Coins Dropped	Location
	Anuboo	60	60	15	Teehee Valley
	Beanie	6	4	2	Hoohoo Mountain Beanbean Castle
	Bill Blaster	5	3	2	Stardust Fields
	Blooper	60	35	20	Oho Ocean
File:Blurp.png	Blurp	50	106	12	Gwarhar Lagoon
	Bob-omb	30	48	3	Overworld
	Boo	10	40	10	Bowser's Castle
	Boomerang Bro.	60	100	13	Gwarhar Lagoon
	Cheep-Cheep	40	80	16	Oho Ocean
	Chomp Bro.	120	128	8	Bowser's Castle
	Chuck Guy	30	15	3	Chucklehuck Woods Guffawha Ruins
	Clumph	180	100	8	Joke's End
File:MLSSDryBones.PNG	Dry Bones	8	6	2	Hoohoo Mountain
File:Garon.gif	Dry Bones	60	68	13	Teehee Valley
File:Eeeek.png	Eeker	22	24	0	Woohoo Hooniversity
File:Elitetroopea.gif	Elite Troopea	40	59	14	Gwarhar Lagoon
	Fighter Fly	5	4	4	Stardust Fields
File:Fuzzbush.gif	Fuzzbush	15	24	5	Chucklehuck Woods
File:Glurp.gif	Glurp	50	70	10	Joke's End
	Gold Beanie	40	46	34	Chucklehuck Woods Oho Ocean
	Goomba	4	4	0	Koopa Cruiser
	Goomdiver	30	25	8	Oho Ocean
	Gritty Goomba (Red)	30	30	4	Teehee Valley
	Gritty Goomba (Green)	50	68	8	Gwarhar Lagoon
	Gunner Guy	60	90	25	Bowser's Castle
File:Superstar Saga Hammer Bros..png	Hammer Bro.	100	132	25	Bowser's Castle
File:Icesnifit.gif	Ice Snifit	60	68	18	Joke's End
File:Lakipea.gif	Lakipea	40	20	12	Overworld
File:Laser.PNG	Laser Snifit	20	20	4	Woohoo Hooniversity
	Limbo Bro. (Yellow)	40	60	18	Guffawha Ruins
	Limbo Bro. (Green)	45	80	14	Teehee Valley
	Magikoopa	100	110	40	Bowser's Castle
	Malibut	60	68	5	Oho Ocean
File:Mechablooper.gif	Mecha-Blooper	80	172	5	Oho Ocean Seabed
	Mecha-Chomp	35	26	6	Woohoo Hooniversity
	Oho Jee	70	4	1	Oho Oasis
File:Oucherglass.PNG	Oucher Glass	40	125	22	Guffawha Ruins
	Parabeanie	25	9	2	Overworld
	Paratroopea	40	20	4	Overworld
	Pestnut	16	38	4	Chucklehuck Woods Oho Ocean Seabed
	Piranha Plant	30	6	1	Beanbean International Airport
	Puffer-Cheep	40	80	16	Oho Ocean Seabed
	Rex	16	8	3	Hoohoo Mountain
File:Scaratroopea.gif	Scaratroopea	70	40	12	Joke's End
	Sharkbone	25	106	12	Gwarhar Lagoon
	Sharpea	8	2	1	Beanbean Castle Hoohoo Mountain
	Spiky Snifit	60	66	5	Teehee Valley
	Spiny	14	15	1	Beanbean Castle Sewers
File:Sniper Bill.PNG	Sniper Bill	80	80	10	Bowser's Castle
File:Starkiss.gif	Starkiss	35	58	1	Oho Ocean Seabed
	Super Fly	10	12	2	Beanbean Castle Sewers
File:Sworm.PNG	Sworm	14	13	4	Beanbean Castle Town
	Tanoomba	30	30	0	Beanbean Castle Town
	Troopea	20	16	3	Overworld
	Virus	35	22	4	Woohoo Hooniversity
	Yo Bro.	40	30	10	Woohoo Hooniversity

Bosses

There are 28 bosses in the game. They are listed below in chronological order. The Koopalings are fought in the same order they are fought in Super Mario World.

Image	Name	HP	EXP	Coins Dropped	Location
	Bowser	8	0	0	Peach's Castle
	Fawful	Fawful - 12 Headgear - 18	0	0	Koopa Cruiser
	Tolstar	57	30	0	Stardust Fields
	Hoohooros	45	30	20	Hoohoo Mountain
	Dragohoho	80	50	34	Hoohoo Mountain
	Queen Bean	120	154	16	Beanbean Castle
File:Le Bleu.PNG	Popple and Rookie	Popple - 100 Rookie - 120	Popple - 50 Rookie - 110	Popple - 30 Rookie - 34	Chucklehuck Woods
	Wiggler	34	120	0	Chucklehuck Woods
	Chuckolator	300	260	0	Chucklehuck Woods
	Cackletta	300	300	100	Woohoo Hooniversity
File:Le Bleu.PNG	Popple and Rookie (second time)	Popple - 150 Rookie - 250	Popple - 120 Rookie - 180	Popple - 33 Rookie - 33	Woohoo Hooniversity
	Mom Piranha	220	400	0	Beanbean Airport
	Trunkle	110	1000	188	Teehee Valley
	Hermie III	400	450	80	Gwarhar Lagoon
	Popple	500	600	121	Chucklehuck Woods
File:Piranhabean.gif	Piranha Bean	180	150	1	Beanbean Kingdom
	Jojora and Jojora's Friends	Jojora - 50 Friend - 500	Jojora - 500 Friend - 800	Jojora - 200 Friend - 180	Joke's End
File:Birdo and Popple battle.png	Popple and Birdo	Popple - 500 Birdo - 450	Popple - 500 Birdo - 900	Popple - 99 Birdo - 495	Teehee Valley
	Iggy Koopa	550	800	99	Bowser's Castle
	Morton Koopa Jr.	500	800	99	Bowser's Castle
	Lemmy Koopa	380	800	102	Bowser's Castle
	Ludwig von Koopa	550	800	99	Bowser's Castle
	Roy Koopa	550	800	99	Bowser's Castle
	Wendy O. Koopa	350	800	102	Bowser's Castle
	Larry Koopa	550	800	99	Bowser's Castle
	Fawful (second time)	400	1500	365	Bowser's Castle
	Bowletta	500	0	0	Bowser's Castle
	Cackletta's Soul	1200	0	0	Inside Bowletta

Items

The following are items that are used in only battle.

Image	Name	Effect
	Mushroom	Restores 25 HP to a single bro.
	Super Mushroom	Restores 50 HP to a single bro.
	Ultra Mushroom	Restores 120 HP to a single bro.
	Max Mushroom	Restores 998 HP to a single bro.
	Nuts	Restores 20 HP to both Mario and Luigi.
	Super Nuts	Restores 40 HP to both Mario and Luigi.
	Ultra Nuts	Restores 100 HP to both Mario and Luigi.
	Max Nuts	Restores 998 HP to both Mario and Luigi.
	Syrup	Restores 20 BP to a single bro.
	Super Syrup	Restores 40 BP to a single bro.
	Ultra Syrup	Restores 100 BP to a single bro.
	Max Syrup	Restores 999 BP to a single bro.
	Golden Mushroom	Restores 998 HP and 999 BP to a single bro.
	Refreshing Herb	Cures Poison.
	1-Up Mushroom	Revives a K.O'ed bro with half of his HP.
	1-Up Super	Revives a K.O'ed bro with 999 HP and 999 BP.
File:MLSuperStarSagaREDPEPPER.png	Red Pepper	Increases a bro's POW by 50% and makes him heavier.
File:MLSuperStarSagaGreenpepper.png	Green Pepper	Increases a bro's DEF by 50% and makes him lighter.

Sidequests

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As typical to the Mario RPG games, there are various sidequests that Mario and Luigi can complete outside the main story. These quests result in various results, from simply helping an NPC character to receiving items as awards that can be used in the main quest.

• Near the start of the game, if a Toad is spoken near a Mushroom found on a hedge nearby, he will ask for it back. If Mario obtains the mushroom, the Toad will reward them with a Super Mushroom.
• Close by, there is a blue Toad that has lost an item important to him. If Mario can find it and return it to the blue Toad, he is rewarded with a 1-Up Mushroom.
• Before going to the Koopa Cruiser, a lost minion asks Mario and Luigi for directions to the ship. If given correct directions, he rewards Mario and Luigi with a 1-Up Mushroom.
• Hundreds of Beans are hidden throughout the overworld that Mario and Luigi can find and spend at the Starbeans Cafe in the castle town. There are four different kinds of beans in existence: Woo beans (), Hoo beans (), Chuckle beans (), and Hee beans(). Depending on which kinds of beans Mario and Luigi find, different blends will be able to be produced. When Mario and Luigi produce a blend, Professor E. Gadd will give the Mario Bros. a prize. When the Mario Bros. drink the blend, they will also gain a stat boost. The possible blends, beans required, stat boosts, and prizes are listed below.

Blend Name	Image of Blend	Beans Required	Stat Boost
Woohoo Blend		25 Woo Beans	+4 Hit Points
Hoohoo Blend		25 Hoo Beans	+4 Brother Points
Chuckle Blend		25 Chuckle Beans	+4 Speed
Teehee Blend		25 Hee Beans	+4 Stache Points
Hoolumbian		15 Woo Beans + 10 Hoo Beans	+4 Power
Chuckoccino		15 Woo Beans + 10 Chuckle Beans	+4 Defense
Teeheespresso		15 Woo Beans + 10 Hee Beans	+6 of a random stat

Blends Processed	Prize
1	Greed Wallet
2	Bonus Ring
3	Excite Spring
4	Great Force
5	Power Grip
6	Cobalt Necktie
7	Game Boy Horror SP

• Some caves near the Beanbean Castle Town offer a quest to complete the obstacle course that references Super Mario Bros.. There are three caverns containing these courses. Two of them are north of Beanbean castle, while the third is found to the west of Beanbean castle. If Luigi or Mini Mario finishes, there is a Monty Mole who gives him a rare item such as a High-End Badge or the Iron Pants.
• A citizen on the east side of Beanbean castle town is searching for five Beanlets and when spoken to, he will ask Mario and Luigi to find them for him. If they find the Beanlets and give them back to their proprietor, he gives them a Golden Mushroom.
• In Beanbean Castle Town (West side), there is an old Beanish scholar that asks Mario and Luigi to find ten jewels called "Beanstones". To find these, Luigi must hit Mario with the hammer to shrink him and walk around town. If tiny Mario is standing over a beanstone, a "!" appears over his head. Luigi must now dig in this spot to retrieve it. There are ten beanstones: five on the east side of town and five on the west side. If all ten are found, the old citizen gives them a rare item: the Bros. Rock.
• There are large Koopa Troopas in some caves of the game where Mario can use his Firebrand power to knock them over, allowing Mario and Luigi to pass. There are Monty Moles in those locations that give the brothers a special item, such as a Golden Mushroom.
• There is a cave where Mario and Luigi's hammers can be improved by the Hammerhead Bros. In this cave, there are Thwomps who host a guessing-game. Mario and Luigi have to pay a hefty fine of 200 coins (500 for the second Thwomp game) and use their upgraded hammers to smash one out of three boulders. If they are lucky, they can find the scrolls wielding hidden Bro Moves.
• There is an island called "Surfing Game Island" where Mario and Luigi can get free beans for accomplishing a game, in which they are given a set time to break as many balloons on their board as possible. The faster they complete the course, the more (or different) beans they will receive. To find it, enter the green pipe leading to Gwarhar Lagoon, break the black brick, and turn Luigi into a surfing board. Enter the ocean above and move 3 areas right, and two up.
• After the Bros. receive Ultra Hammers, they can go to an area of Gwarhar Lagoon blocked by rocks that were previously indestructible. They will find Spangle there. Giving Hermie Spangle will make him happy, and he will give them the Soulful Bros. badge.
• After the Bros. receive the Bean Star Piece from Harhal , Harhal opens her store and the Bros. can work for her to create all of the outfits. Mario and Luigi are able to create a possible maximum of 28 designs: 7 different shirt colors and 4 patterns for each one. When a new outfit is created, Harhal will give Mario and Luigi a Woo bean. When Mario and Luigi complete all 28 different designs, they will earn Harhal's Pants.

References to other games and other media

• Donkey Kong - When the Border Bros. tell Luigi to jump and then Mario jumps again, they will say "give the jumpman thing a rest" which is Mario's original name. Also, Mario rescues Luigi at the Woohoo Hooniversity the same way as he rescued Pauline.
• Mario Bros. - A remake of this game was included here. Fighter Flies return.
• Super Mario Bros. - The main theme of this game is often heard as tutorial music. Also, the type of block from Super Mario Bros. can be seen in Woohoo Hooniversity. There are secret caves which bear resemblance to the underground platforming stages of this game. Finally, the Border Jump minigame uses the background with the castle and flagpole from the game.
• Super Mario World - Bowletta uses the Koopa Clown Car in Little Fungitown. Also, the type of block from Super Mario World can be seen in Woohoo University, and the Koopalings are fought in the order in which they are fought in this game.
• Dr. Mario - Blue, Red and Yellow Viruses are seen in Woohoo Hooniversity, and can be defeated the same way as in Dr. Mario.
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - The Bean Fruit is based off of the Watermelons.
• Yoshi's Safari - The Sniper Bills use Super Scopes to attack Mario and Luigi.
• Super Mario Adventures - At some point in the game, Luigi dresses as Princess Peach like in those comics.
• Super Mario 64 - The theme of Peach's Castle is remixed from this game, and the type of block from it can be seen in Woohoo Hooniversity.
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins – The battle start sound from this game is the same as the Power up coming out of ? Block sound.
• Super Mario Advance - If Popple is defeated before Birdo in his final fight, Birdo says: "You may have killed my darling, but that is as far as you go!" as a reference to her quote in Super Mario Advance: "This is as far as you go".
• Luigi's Mansion - Ghosts from this game appear in Starbeans Cafe, as does E. Gadd. The Luigi's Mansion theme can be heard when the ghosts arrive. Also, there was originally going to be cameo appearances of Link from *Legend of Zelda, Samus from *Metroid series, Fox Mcloud from *Star Fox series, Olimar from *Pikmin, and Wario whenever Mario and Luigi made a new drink. The characters would give them a gift in return for the drink, such as a piece of the Triforce from Link or an energy tank from Samus. It's unknown why they didn't put the characters in the game, especially since the gifts are still in it, which are given to you by Professer E. Gadd.
• Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars - Geno returns as a cameo in the Star Stache Minigame. Additionally, Mario humming the Super Mario Bros. theme in the shower is first seen in Super Mario RPG, when he is showering in the Marrymore Suite. Also, the music played at Mario and Luigi's house as well as the warp pipe zones is a remix of the theme from Mario's Pad.
• Paper Mario - The type of block from this game is seen in the Woohoo Hooniversity. Also, the Hammer, Super Hammer, and Ultra Hammer return.
• Final Fantasy series - The character Psycho Kamek's white and red-trimmed robe is the same often worn by White Mages in many of the Final Fantasy games.

References in later games

• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Admiral Bobbery's final request was to have Chuckola Cola, an item found in this game. Also, after beating Chapter 7, Bowser has the option of telling Pennington that he is the Shadow Thief (which is a reference to Popple).
• Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Prince Peasley appears on a poster about beans in the Castle's item shop. There are also Chuckola Fruit on the poster. Fawful owns a shop where he gives out badges in return for beans.
• Super Paper Mario - A Sammer Guy named "Mustard of Doom", which is a reference to Fawful's "mustard of your doom" line. Mustard of Doom also shouts, "MY SWORD HAS FURY!", which is a reference to Fawful's catchphrase, and lastly, this Sammer Guy speaks with grammatically incorrect English, just as Fawful does. After the player beats him, he shouts "Be off, awful person!" which when said aloud sounds like "Be a Fawful person!".
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - One of the names that shows up when the player chooses the random name button is "FWFUL".
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - Fawful returns as the main villain. Also, some of the posters around Bowser's Castle show Fawful's image from Superstar Saga instead of his "Bowser's Inside Story" appearance.
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team - Many Beanish characters return in this game including Popple, who also returns as a boss. Also, Mario and Luigi have different special/Bros. attacks.

Green Warp Pipes

There are 9 green Warp Pipes in the game. These pipes help Mario and Luigi travel faster around the Beanbean Kingdom. The pipes are at Stardust Fields, Beanbean Castle Town, Beanbean Outskirts (north, south and east), Chucklehuck Woods, Gwarhar Lagoon, Joke's End and Little Fungitown.

Staff

Main article: List of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga staff

The Japanese video game development studio AlphaDream developed Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Satoru Iwata was the executive producer, while Takashi Tezuka was the production supervisor. The music heard in the game was produced by Yoko Shimomura and Kazumi Totaka.

Gallery

Artwork

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  Mario and Luigi

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  Cackletta

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  Fawful

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  Bowser

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  Princess Peach

Quotes

Main article: List of quotes in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Some notable quotes in the game include:

• "We'll take my Koopa Cruiser and reach the Beanbean Kingdom in no time! Mario! We leave immediately!!" – Bowser
• "Who would have thought you'd catch up to the Great Cackletta in even a hundred million years?" – Cackletta
• "I am the great Cackletta's most best pupil, who is named Fawful! I am here, laughing at you! If you are giving us the chase, just to get your silly princess's voice, then you are idiots of foolishness! Princess Peach's sweet voice will soon be the bread that makes the sandwich of Cackletta's desires! And this battle shall be the delicious mustard on that bread! The mustard of your doom!" – Fawful
• "C-Could you be the Mario bros. from the Mushroom Kingdom? What are the Mario bros. doing in a place like this?" – Lady Lima
• "My new country has no need for old superstars! It will do just fine with only one: the Great Bowletta!!!" – Bowletta

Beta elements

The characters who were supposed to appear in the Starbeans Café, but were replaced by E. Gadd.

Main article: List of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga beta elements

Many characters from other Nintendo franchises were to appear in the Starbeans Café, such as Fox McCloud, Link and Olimar. These characters were replaced by E. Gadd in the final game. The dialog of the characters can still be seen in the game's code. A mysterious, cloaked Beanish character was left unused. Its purpose in the game is unknown.

Glitches

Main article: List of glitches in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Most of the glitches found in the game are graphical related, such as misplaced Bob-omb sprites and incorrect action icons being shown when facing Bowletta. A notable graphical glitch is seen in Little Fungitown, where Mario and Luigi are able to stand on thin air. Some other glitches cause the game to play incorrect music or sound effects. For example, in the northeast of the Teehee Valley entrance, instead of Luigi making his normal sound effect when he empties himself of water, the sound of an Oho Jee speaking will play instead.

Trivia

• Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga is one of the few Game Boy Advance game to make use of the rumble effect when played on the Nintendo GameCube's Game Boy Player.
• This game was featured in the Playback section of the 263rd issue of Nintendo Power.
• This game marked the first appearance of the Koopalings in an official game since Hotel Mario, which was released in 1994.
• Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga is the first Mario and Luigi RPG that has a possessed Bowser as the last boss, although it is required to defeat the possessor in order to pass the game. It is the same with the rest of the Mario and Luigi RPG's, such as Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time and Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is the only Mario & Luigi game that cannot currently be played on the Nintendo 3DS.
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is the only Mario RPG for Toad to be a playable character, even though it is brief.

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